Sofa bed



Dec. .7 1926.

P. VITTONE SOFA BED Filed March 31 l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 portions of saidrods at a frame; a mattress frame removably arranged in said easing;arcuate guide rods having upwardly and baekwardly curved lower endswhich are pivoted at their terminals to the soifa frame, and havingtheir upper ends pivoted to an intermediate point on the mattress frame;and coil springs connected at their front ends to said sofa trame and attheir rear ends to the curved lower end point below the pirotedterminasthereot to assist in lifting the mattress trame from horizontalto ver tical position.

2. A sofa bed7 comprising a sofa frame embodying side members and ahinged back member; a seat supported between the side members; avertical casing behind the sofa frame and having an open front, thelower part of which is normally closed by the back member oi' saidframe; a mattress frame removably arranged in the casing and adapted tobe swung outwardly through the front of said casing into horizontalposition after said hinged back member has been swung forward anddownward; and a board hinged to the mattress frame and adapted to closethe upper part of the casing 'front when said mattress frame is disposedtherein, and to support the front end or' the mattress .trame when thelatter is in horizontal position.

3. A sofa bed, according to claim 2, in

rename which the seat is stationarily secured to the side members ot thesofa frame and is wholly independent of the mattress frame; and in which`the hinged bach member of said sofa frame is adapted to be swung overand to rest upon the seat.

el. A sofa bed, according to claim 2, in which the seat is stationarilysecured to the side members or' the sofa frame; and in which the hingedback member is wholly independent of the mattress frame and casing, andis adapted to be swung over and to rest upon the seat.

n soi'a bed comprising a sofa trame; a sofa seat in said iframe, a sofaback mounted to rock in said frame, into and out ot a horizontalposition in which it rests upon said seat, a vertical casing behind saidJtrame, a mattress frame removably arranged in said casing, cooperatingmeans on said mattress frame and on said casing and sofa frame forsupporting the mattress frame in vertical and horizontal positions andfor guiding it during its movement 'rbm one of said positions to theother one, and a member hinged to the front end of said mattress framefor supporting it in horizontal position above and parallel with saidback when the latter occupies its said horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

PIETRO VITTONE,

